Rajasthan Art & Culture - MCQ Set 6
1. On the occasion of Nirjala Gyaras, celebrated on Jyestha Shukla Ekadashi, kites are famously flown in which city?
Answer: c) Udaipur
2. Which folk god is known as the "horse protector deity" and whose main temple is at Dhori Manna, Barmer?
Answer: c) Alam ji
3. Saint Dhanna, who started the Bhakti movement in Rajasthan, was a disciple of which Guru?
Answer: c) Ramanand ji
4. Which folk goddess is the clan deity of the Sisodiya dynasty of Mewar?
Answer: a) Barwari Mata
5. Which folk song is sung by women in the desert region, sending a message to their husbands through the Kevda plant?
Answer: b) Kevda
6. The 'Ghumra' dance is performed by women of the Bhil tribe in which region of Rajasthan?
Answer: d) Banswara
7. Shifting farming performed by the Bhil tribe in the plain areas is known by what name?
Answer: d) Dajiya
8. The folk theatre form 'Hela Khyal' is popular in which regions?
Answer: b) Lalsot (Dausa) and Sawai Madhopur
9. Which fort is known as 'Chilo ka Tola' and housed the treasury of the Kachhwaha rulers?
Answer: b) Jaigarh Fort
10. The 84-pillared cenotaph in Bundi was constructed by Rao Anirudh Singh in memory of whom?
Answer: d) His nurse (Dhai)
11. The 'Sunehri Kothi' is a famous historical building located in which city?
Answer: b) Tonk
12. The Tibetan historian Lama Taranath mentions which painter from the Maru region in the seventh century?
Answer: b) Shringadhar
13. The person who performs the work of lakh is known by what name?
Answer: d) Manihar
14. What is the literary form called that mourns the death of a king or an important person?
Answer: c) Marasya
15. The 'Dhavadi' dialect is a sub-dialect of Mewari spoken in which city?
Answer: b) Udaipur
16. 'Kar-Taal', meaning hand music, is the origin of which Ghan (idiophone) instrument?
Answer: d) Khadtal
17. An ornament interlocked with the hair locks of women is known as what?
Answer: c) Gophan
18. A thick blanket-type cloth used in winters by men is called?
Answer: b) Pachewada
19. The reimbursement amount claimed by a man whose wife has abandoned him for another person is known by what name?
Answer: c) Jhagda
20. The Dol Mela is held in which city?
Answer: a) Baran
21. The festival of Dhulandi is played on which day?
Answer: b) Chaitra Krishna Ekam
22. The fair of which folk god is held on Chaitra Amavasya at Kolumand?
Answer: d) Pabuji
23. Which saint of the Dadupanthi sect remained in a groom's costume his entire life?
Answer: d) Rajjab ji
24. The only goddess whose broken idol is worshipped is?
Answer: c) Sheetla Mata
25. Which folk song is sung by women when they go to watch the groom's camp (barat) during a wedding?
Answer: b) Jala
26. Which dance is performed by men of the Shekhawati region, where a man wearing women's clothes is called 'Gangaur'?
Answer: b) Gidad
27. Which is the most educated tribe of Rajasthan, with its highest population in Jaipur?
Answer: d) Meena
28. In the 'Gavari' folk theatre, the comedian is known by what name?
Answer: c) Jhatpatiya
29. Which fort is known as the 'exigency palace of Rathore of Marwar' and the 'key of Jalore'?
Answer: d) Sivana Fort
30. The cenotaphs of the kings of Bikaner are located at which place?
Answer: d) Devikund, Sagar
31. Deeg is famously known as the 'city of the...'?
Answer: c) Jal Mahals (Water Palaces)
32. During the reign of which Mewar ruler was the text 'Shraavak pratikraman sutra churni' painted by Kamalchand?
Answer: d) Tej Singh
33. 'Namde' (carpets) were brought to Rajasthan from Persia by which ruler?
Answer: c) Man Singh
34. Which literary form is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Khyati', meaning fame or popularity?
Answer: c) Khyat
35. George Grierson classified the Rajasthani language into how many parts in his book "Linguistic Survey of India"?
Answer: c) Five
36. What type of musical instrument has strings and is played with a bow or by plucking?
Answer: d) Tat
37. A ring worn on the thumb by women is called?
Answer: b) Arsi
38. 'Mothade ki Pagdi' is a type of turban worn on which occasion?
Answer: c) Marriage
39. A feast hosted after a person's death is called 'Mauser'. What is a feast hosted by a person while they are still alive called?
Answer: c) Jausar
40. In which city is the famous 'Garuda Fair' organized?
Answer: a) Banshi-Paharpur
41. The festival of Devshayani Ekadashi, after which auspicious events are paused for four months, is celebrated on which day?
Answer: a) Ashadha Shukla Ekadashi
42. Who is known as the "deity of rain" and is pleased by the sacrifice of a buffalo?
Answer: c) Mamadev
43. Which saint of the Dadupanthi sect, the son of the ruler of Bikaner, established the 'Naga' branch?
Answer: d) Sundardas ji (Elder)
44. Which goddess is the clan deity of the barber (Nai) caste?
Answer: c) Narayani Devi
45. A folk song sung by women while carrying water is known as what?
Answer: c) Panihari
46. The 'Gaur' dance is performed by the Garasiya tribe on which festival?
Answer: d) Gangaur
47. Which tribe does not marry widows and has two sub-castes, Bija and Mala?
Answer: d) Sansi
48. Which folk theatre form, originally from Afghanistan, became popular in Tonk during the reign of Nawab Faizulla Khan?
Answer: c) Charbaint
49. The fort of Shahbad in Baran, built by Mukutmani Dev Chauhan, was renamed 'Salimabad' by which ruler?
Answer: d) Sher Shah Suri
50. The Cenotaph of Kaga in Jodhpur is the memorial site for whom?
Answer: c) Feudatories of Jodhpur
51. In which haveli is the office of the Western Region Cultural Center located, which also houses the world's longest turban?
Answer: b) Bagore Haveli
52. The 'Chitrashala' in Bundi fort, known as a "paradise for fresco," was constructed during the reign of which king?
Answer: d) Ummed Singh
53. A handicraft where colored Belgian glass is used to make jewelry with gold work is called?
Answer: b) Theva art
54. Which literary form is similar to 'Vachanika' but is composed with Urdu and Persian words?
Answer: b) Davawaita
55. Which book was written in the 'Godwadi' dialect?
Answer: c) Bisaldev Raso
56. Ramnath Chaudhary is a famous artist known for playing which instrument with his nose?
Answer: d) Algoza
57. An ornament worn on the upper part of the ear, shaped like beetle leaves, is called what?
Answer: c) Oganiya
58. The oldest traditional dress among tribal women, which has blue dye and caterpillar-type quadrangles, is called?
Answer: d) Nandna
59. The welcome given to the groom's side by the bride's father and relatives is known as what?
Answer: c) Samela
60. Which cattle fair is held in Rupwas (Bharatpur)?
Answer: a) Basanti Cattle Fair
61. On which day do unmarried women observe the Uba-Chhath fast, praying for a well-qualified husband?
Answer: b) Bhadrapada Krishna Chhath
62. The 'phad' of which folk god is the longest and is sung with the 'Jantar' instrument?
Answer: c) Devnarayan ji
63. Which saint, a devotee of Lord Krishna, is known as the "Ras-Khan of Alwar"?
Answer: b) Ali-Baksh
64. The back of which goddess is worshipped at her temple in Sorsan, Baran?
Answer: c) Brahmini Mata
65. Which of the following is a folk song related to customs or religion?
Answer: d) Badhawa
66. Which dance is performed in the Jhalawar region on the occasion of Holi?
Answer: c) Bindori
67. The head of the Kathodi tribe is called by what name?
Answer: b) Nayak
68. The artist of which folk drama is known as a 'Bahrupiya'?
Answer: b) Swang
69. The 'Garbha Gunjan Cannon' is located in which fort?
Answer: c) Taragarh Fort, Bundi
70. The cenotaphs of the kings of Kota are located where?
Answer: d) Kesar Bagh, Chhatra Vilas
71. What is the popular name for Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur?
Answer: b) Chhatar Palace
72. The painter Nasiruddin created the 'Ragamala' set in 1605 A.D. during the reign of which Mewar ruler?
Answer: b) Amar Singh I
73. Which type of work involves making jewelry with thin silver strands, with its main center in Nathdwara?
Answer: c) Tarakashi
74. Who wrote the famous historical text 'Hammir Mahakavya'?
Answer: b) Nayanchandra Suri
75. The 'Kathedi' dialect is spoken in which part of the Jaipur region?
Answer: b) Southern
76. Which Tat instrument is similar to a Sarangi but has a long and wide circular belly called 'Tabli'?
Answer: c) Kamayacha
77. The ornament 'Nevri' is worn on which part of the body?
Answer: d) Foot
78. The traditional knee-length skirt worn by tribal women is called?
Answer: d) Kachavu
79. A girl or woman who accompanies a newlywed bride to her new home is known as what?
Answer: d) Aulandi
80. The temple of Muchala Mahavir, known for its unique idol, is located in which place?
Answer: a) Ghanerao (Pali)
81. The Paryushan festival of the Digambar Jain community is celebrated from Bhadrapad Shukla Panchmi to which day?
Answer: d) Chaturdashi
82. Doongji-Jawahar ji, who looted the rich to help the poor, looted Agra jail and which British cantonment?
Answer: c) Nasirabad
83. Which saint of the Nath sect predicted that Man Singh would become the king of Jodhpur?
Answer: c) Devnath
84. Persons suffering from the ill effects of black magic are treated in the temple of which goddess in Kota?
Answer: a) Bhadana Mata
85. The song sung to save the groom from witchcraft is known as what?
Answer: d) Kaman
86. The 'Dhakad' dance, performed by Kanjar men, commemorates a battle between Beera and whom?
Answer: c) Jhala Paav
87. The war-cry of the Bhil tribe is what?
Answer: b) Phire-Phire
88. The 'silent Ramleela' is a unique performance from which place in Jhunjhunu?
Answer: c) Bisau
89. The 'Hunhunkar Cannon' is located in which fort?
Answer: a) Shergarh Fort (Dholpur)
90. Who built the Chaurasi pillar cenotaph in Bundi?
Answer: b) Anirudh Singh
91. The 'Khetadi Mahal' in Jhunjhunu is also known by what other name?
Answer: a) Shekhawati Hawa Mahal
92. In which painting style are the painters known to write their names and dates on the paintings?
Answer: d) Bikaner and Shekhawati[24Answer: b) A type of blanket/shawl
94. Who wrote the famous historical work 'Khuman Rasau'?
Answer: d) Shahpura (Jaipur) and Tonk
96. Which Sushir instrument is made of iron and is also called the 'Jews harp'?
Answer: c) Nazarya
98. The 'Jwar-Bhant Ki Odhni' is characterized by what design?
Answer: c) A compensation amount paid by an accused person for a death
100. Which festival is organized by the Tourism department in Alwar?
Answer: c) Matsya Utsav